Chapter 548 - Extermination of the Hall

With the arrival of the purple-clothed woman, the frozen atmosphere in the building seemed to melt at once. She twisted her slender waist and walked step by step toward the hall ahead. When she saw the mess in front of her, she said loudly, “Your Highness hasn’t been here for a month and when you come, look what has happened to this place. It scared my little heart. Oh…”

As she spoke, she frowned and placed one of her fingertips on her chest. Her voice and actions alone were enough to make many people lose their patience. King Shen raised his head and laughed. “I scared the beauty Zi Qin; it’s my fault!” He then jumped down and landed on the ground, causing the entire Illusive Aroma Tower to tremble once more. The crowd once again became as quiet as cicadas in the cold.

With a smile on his face, King Shen walked to Zi Qin step by step. He reached out and wanted to take her. Unexpectedly, Zi Qin’s body was as agile as a fish in the water. With light steps, she instantly moved to another place. She said coquettishly, “Hua Ying is not well and it’s inconvenient for her to see guests. Please don’t be angry, Your Highness.”

“Haha!” King Shen raised his head and laughed. He raised his hand, and the several groups of heavily armored soldiers immediately retreated in unison. The surrounding soldiers came like a tide earlier, but now, they also left like a tide.

With a smile on his face, King Shen looked at Zi Qin and said, “Such a beauty, I’ll come back again!” He then looked at Xiao Chen, who was on the fourth floor and then strode out. Windchaser and Sunchaser also immediately followed after.

Only after he and the soldiers left did the people in Illusive Aroma Tower let out a sigh of relief. In the short 15 minutes, it was as if they had been living for two lives.

Zi Qin looked around and said coquettishly, “I’m sorry that that ruined everyone’s mood. Tonight, I treat you to a drink as an apology.”

At this moment, everyone had already lost the mood to drink. Those who were drunk had already woken up from the fright and immediately walked out in an orderly manner. After a while, when everyone had left, Zi Qin looked up at the fourth floor and said, “Are you still gonna stand there?”

Xiao Chen and the others also came down immediately. Yang Qing smiled apologetically and said, “Sister Zi, are you going to give me a guest-leaving order?”

Zi Qin took a breath from the cigarette mouth and exhaled a puff of smoke. She said in a coy voice, “I wouldn’t dare. It’s just that this friend of yours…” She looked at Xiao Chen and said, “You have such guts.”

“It is just like crossing the river. If you’re not bold enough, how will you know if the river is deep or shallow?” Xiao Chen smiled gently, and there was a deep meaning in his smile.

Zi Qin covered her mouth and giggled, and then her eyes changed. “If tonight were a full-moon night, you would be dead.”

“But I’m not dead.”

“That’s why I said you were brave.”

“If that’s the case, thank you very much, Miss Zi Qin.” Xiao Chen saluted her with a smile. He then walked out with Yang Qing and the rest. The waiters and dancers in the attic did not know what they were talking about.

It was now 9.30 p.m., and the new moon hung in the sky. However, because of the accident just now, there were only a few people in the streets nearby. The cold wind that blew onto the face was like a sharp knife. In fact, Yang Qing was secretly wiping his cold sweat just now. At this moment, he smiled and said, “What Brother Xiao did just now was really dangerous.”

Xiao Chen smiled faintly and said, “How can I not be in danger when fighting a tiger for its skin? I hope that the woman in the Illusive Aroma Lane didn’t die in vain.”

Yang Qing nodded and felt that after he had been in Wastelands for two months, he seemed to have begun to change slightly compared to when he was in the Violet Realm. This was a good thing.

The next morning, the six people went to the Bluestone Hall in the Black-Wind Pass. The Bluestone Hall was one of the 72 small halls in the Black Horn. It did not have many people, only about three or four hundred people. When Xiao Chen and the others arrived, it was already 9.45 a.m.

The Bluestone Hall was located in a small bluestone alley in the east of the Black-Wind Pass. Normally, no one would come here, but when Xiao Chen got closer, he could faintly smell the stench of blood. The deeper he walked into the alley, the stronger the smell.

“Lord, watch out!” Chu Qi suddenly unsheathed the Full Moon Blade. Yang Qing and the others were shocked as well. “This! What’s going on?!”

In the lane ahead, there were many bodies lying on the ground. Xiao Chen frowned and said lightly, “It seems that someone came here earlier than us.”

When they got closer, they saw that most of them died in the same way. All of them had a shallow bloodstain on their throats. Xiao Chen frowned. These people did not struggle or fight with others before they died, which showed that the murderer’s method was very fast. The blood in the dead’s throats was not much. This was somewhat similar to Yi Yeqiu’s Fatal-thrust.

From the way they died, this was not a battle, but an assassination. It was to the extent that the other party’s methods were even more efficient than Hidden Fragrance Wafting Under the Moon.

“Let’s go.”

Xiao Chen quickened his pace. Along the way, he saw nearly two hundred corpses. There were even more than one hundred bodies inside. However, the ones inside seemed to have already detected the murderer when they were alive. Unfortunately, these people were already dead after only drawing half of their blades.

Moments later, the six of them arrived at a large hall. This was the place where Bluestone Hall was located. There were a total of six corpses in the hall. The one at the far end was a headless corpse.

There was a chair in the center of the hall. When the man died, his face was full of horror and his mouth was still open. It seemed that he was killed before he finished speaking. Below him, there were four dead bodies, all of whom were killed in an instant.

“This… the Bluestone Hall was exterminated. What’s going on?” Yang Qing and the other three people were shocked. Xiao Chen frowned slightly and did not speak. Instead, he stepped into the hall and squatted down to look at the bloodstains on the ground.

“Even though the blood has already congealed, it still hasn’t turned black. These people should have been killed three days ago.”

After saying that, Xiao Chen looked carefully at the neck of the headless body. The wound was flat and neat, but the wounds on the left and the right were slightly different. The flesh on the left was slightly curled inward, indicating that the flying knife was cut from the left. Therefore, the person who used the blade should have used his left hand.

Using his left hand… Xiao Chen narrowed his eyes. At this moment, he seemed to think of something. He looked again at the stone wall on the left. There were several burn-up torches hanging on them, stained with blood.

“The clue is broken, huh…” Yang Qing walked in and murmured.

Xiao Chen stood up and said slowly, “No, the clues have not been lost. They have been hidden. Sometimes, some people are anxious to hide the truth, but they… expose the only truth.”

“Do you mean that they wanted to hide the truth… but yet exposed the truth that others didn’t know?” Yang Qing frowned and asked as if he did not understand what he said.

Xiao Chen did not answer in a hurry. Instead, he looked at the person who died of infinite fear in the chair at the head of the hall and said, “He was full of fear when he died. I think he knew the identity of the murderer, but he didn’t hide in advance because no matter where he hid, he would die. He knew that he would die.”

“Brother Xiao, what do you mean…” Yang Qing still did not quite understand.

Xiao Chen still did not answer. He looked at him and asked, “Which hall is the closest to the Bluestone Hall?”

As Yang Qing heard this, his expression changed slightly, and then he thought carefully and said, “It’s the Purple Wind Hall. The Hall Master is the brother of that person.” Then he pointed to the dead man sitting on the chair in the center of the hall.

“The Bluestone Hall was destroyed three days ago, but nothing happened. Brother Yang, don’t you think it’s a little strange…”

Yang Qing’s expression changed. “You mean…”

“They wanted to hide, but they accidentally exposed the clue. It’s the Purple Wind Hall. Let’s go.”

At the moment, they quickly left the Bluestone Hall and then rushed to the Purple Wind Hall. Purple Wind Hall was slightly different from the Bluestone Hall. The location of where it was built belonged to the jurisdiction of King Shen.

By the time they arrived, it was almost noon. Xiao Chen could not be as fearless as he was when he entered the Bluestone Hall. He had to bypass the patrolling soldiers on the streets. At present, he could not attract the attention of King Shen.

Right now, the few of them quietly entered Purple Wind Hall. Similar to the Bluestone Hall, there were almost no outsiders here. However, when they entered the alley, they discovered that there were already many corpses lying on the ground.

“How… How is this possible?! This is the jurisdiction of King Shen. Can it be exterminated quietly?” Yang Qing said in surprise.

Xiao Chen said indifferently, “Have you forgotten that King Shen came to the Illusive Aroma Lane last night? It seems that these people were killed at midnight last night. At that time, King Shen happened to go to Illusive Aroma Lane.”

After saying that, Xiao Chen thought for a moment. Last night, King Shen seemed to have come to find a woman named Hua Ying, but Zi Qin said that Hua Ying was unwell, and it was inconvenient for her to see guests. King Shen could have known that, but yet he made such a big fuss deliberately.

A moment later, the six of them came to the hall of the Purple Wind Hall. As expected, the people here all died. However, unlike the Bluestone Hall, it seemed that they did not know that they would die.

“Asshole, who was it? Why does he always take one step ahead of us?” Yang Qing said, squeezing his fingers tightly.

Xiao Chen said indifferently, “No, the people of the Bluestone Hall died three days ago. We found out today, and the people of the Purple Wind Hall died last night. We discovered it today, indicating that we are catching up with them…”

Before his voice fell, a soft voice came from the back of the chair in the front of the hall. “Who is it?!” Chu Qi moved instantly. Xiao Chen stretched out his hand and said, “Chu Qi! Don’t move!” After that, he walked over in person.

Behind the chair lay a man whose face was covered in blood. The man was still breathing when he suddenly opened his eyes. Xiao Chen asked, “Who are you?”

“Hurry… hurry…” The person stuttered as he stretched out two fingers that were dripping with blood. “Ren Yuntian, they’re looking for… Ren Yuntian…”

“Who is Ren Yuntian?” Xiao Chen frowned and asked.

“Ren Yuntian is locked up in… Bloodmoon Hall… save…” After saying these words, the man finally swallowed his last breath. Xiao Chen squatted down and put his two fingers together. He pierced a white radiance into the middle of the man’s eyebrows. He tried to find some information by seance, but nothing could be found.

Xiao Chen took back his finger and said in a low voice, “They are looking for Ren Yuntian. Who are they? Is Ren Yuntian locked up in the Bloodmoon Hall? Save… save who?”

Yang Qing suddenly said, “Ren Yuntian seems to be Ren Tianxing’s half-brother. He disappeared with Ren Tianxing seven years ago. Ren Tianxing is famous, and many people know him. However, Ren Yuntian is not well-known, so many people don’t know that Ren Tianxing has a younger brother.”

“Is that so…” Xiao Chen narrowed his eyes and sneered. “He disappeared seven years ago and Ren Yuntian was imprisoned in the Bloodmoon Hall. Does his disappearance have anything to do with the Black Horn?”

After that, Xiao Chen looked at the man who died just now on the ground and said lightly, “You wanted to hide the clues but left such a big clue. Did you accidentally not kill all of them or intentionally miss one…”

Yang Qing concentrated and said, “Then what are you going to do next, Brother Xiao? To save people? The Bloodmoon Hall is one of the 12 halls in the Black Horn, unlike the 72 small halls. There are top masters guarding the Bloodmoon Hall, so you can’t break in rashly.”

Xiao Chen stood up and said placidly, “We may be in trouble next.” He then turned around and looked out of the hall.